A Repost, but one of my favorites:
Meet Harry, my australlian shepherd. He's a loyal part of our family and though he has a slight weight problem and is seriously motivated by food, we love him a lot. He has been a great dog!
We brought Harry home about four years ago from the Humane Society. He fit right in from the beginning and our family wouldn't be the same without Harry. We ride four wheelers at our house and in my husband's parents pastures.
For the longest time, we used to get so frustrated at Harry when we would ride because he would bite at the tires while running next to the four wheelers. We were afraid we would run over him. Then we put two and two together! Harry is a Shepherd dog; that's what they do. He was trying to shepherd us!
We've grown so accustomed to his "shepherding" us while we ride four wheelers and he loves to run with us. Yesterday while we were out in our yard, Harry was barking like crazy and trying so hard to get us to move (we were just sitting on the four wheelers and talking - that wasn't working for him). So...I grabbed my camera and took some pictures of Harry in action.
I was thinking about my good australlian shepherd and I started thinking about Our Shepherd.
Psalm 23:1, "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want."
Isaiah 40:11, "He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young."
Jeremiah 31:10, "“Hear the word of the Lord, O nations,and declare it in the coastlands far away; say, ‘He who scattered Israel will gather him,and will keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock.’
John 10:11-16, "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd."
Thank You, Jesus, that You are the Good Shepherd! Thank for laying down your life for me!
Aren't you so grateful for those times in your everyday life when Jesus allows you to see Him. I love moments like that.
Trying not to act like a sheep,
Krista
Meet Harry, my australlian shepherd. He's a loyal part of our family and though he has a slight weight problem and is seriously motivated by food, we love him a lot. He has been a great dog!
We brought Harry home about four years ago from the Humane Society. He fit right in from the beginning and our family wouldn't be the same without Harry. We ride four wheelers at our house and in my husband's parents pastures.
For the longest time, we used to get so frustrated at Harry when we would ride because he would bite at the tires while running next to the four wheelers. We were afraid we would run over him. Then we put two and two together! Harry is a Shepherd dog; that's what they do. He was trying to shepherd us!
We've grown so accustomed to his "shepherding" us while we ride four wheelers and he loves to run with us. Yesterday while we were out in our yard, Harry was barking like crazy and trying so hard to get us to move (we were just sitting on the four wheelers and talking - that wasn't working for him). So...I grabbed my camera and took some pictures of Harry in action.
I was thinking about my good australlian shepherd and I started thinking about Our Shepherd. Psalm 23:1, "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want."
Isaiah 40:11, "He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young."
Jeremiah 31:10, "“Hear the word of the Lord, O nations,and declare it in the coastlands far away; say, ‘He who scattered Israel will gather him,and will keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock.’
John 10:11-16, "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd."
Thank You, Jesus, that You are the Good Shepherd! Thank for laying down your life for me!
Aren't you so grateful for those times in your everyday life when Jesus allows you to see Him. I love moments like that.
Trying not to act like a sheep,
Krista
